Ways to Back Up iPhone 7/7 Plus to iTunes

Just walk around Apple Communities and you will notice that there are nearly half of the posts concerning data loss or data recovery. People tend to be repentant after realizing what's gone is gone.

In fact, data loss can be easily prevented as long as there is a backup/copy of your iPhone data available. In order to prepare for a rainy day, it's strongly recommended to make a full backup for your iOS device. Therefore, you can easily recover lost/deleted data once they're lost and gone.

People get used to backing up existing data currently stored on their iPhones via iTunes. However, it's time to upgrade to an advanced method, which is perfectly supported the latest iterations of iPhone, such as iPhone 7/7 Plus. You can check out two methods and the differences between the two.

Note that you can encrypt the backup file by ticking "Encrypt iPhone backup" option.

Pro and Cons:

iTunes is an official software, which makes it trustworthy as compared to other software, but it can neither allow you to selectively back up data nor preview files included in the backup. Also, restoring data from an iTunes backup to iPhone would result in data loss of current data on iPhone.

Method 2: Back up iPhone Data to iTunes via iPhone Transfer

iPhone Transfer is known as a neat way to transfer data. However, except iPhone Data Recovery, it can in some ways be regarded as a software for backing up and recovering data for the reason that it's able to transfer data between iOS devices and computers.

What Data are iPhone Transfer Able to Back Up?

iPhone Transfer supports up-to-14 types of data, purchased or non-purchased, including Photos, Videos, Contacts, Messages, Movies, TV Shows, iTunes U, Music Videos, Books, Audio Books, Ringtones, Voice Memos and so on. Due to the priority to privacy, users' Settings will not be included.

Above all, make sure you've downloaded and installed iPhone Transfer on your computer. If not, please click on the buttons above and try the free trial. After that, run the software and plug your iPhone to computer. It takes no time to recognize your iDevice.

Step 2. One Click to Back up Data to iTunes

Once the iPhone Transfer is working, you can see a couple of options on the Main Page: "To iTunes", "To Folder", "To iDevice", "Backup Contacts" and "Restore Contacts". Or you can also choose them in "Toolkit".

If you just wish to back up Contacts, just click "Backup Contacts" and it's all done.

If you'd like to back up data to iTunes Library, simply choose "To iTunes" option and click "Start" button. Then, it will be all done in no time.

If you want to save and keep current data to a specific folder on computer, please choose "To Folder" and select the output folder. Then. Finish the process with a click of "Start" button.

Or, if you'd like to selectively transfer data on iPhone, you can switch one item from another on the left panel in order to preview contents before you transfer them to computer as a backup. Then, select desired ones and navigate to "Export to PC" or "Export to iTunes Library".

Pro and Cons:

1. Able to preview before and after backing up.

2. Able to selectively back up data.

3. Able to back up data with one click

4. Able to back up purchase and non-purchases.

Don't remember to back up iPhone data regularly. It's said that sometimes software update would also cause data loss. Anyway, compared to the loss of precious data, it's not a big deal to spend 30 minutes backing up your iPhone, isn't it?